William F. Wertz, Jr.
Education:
l 1963-67—Bachelor of Arts, Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut.
l 1964—One semester abroad at the American Institute in Vienna, Austria, and at the University of Cologne, Germany.
l 1967—Harvard Graduate School of the Arts and Sciences, NEDA fellowship to study English Literature.
Working languages:
Translate from German and Spanish into English
Highlights:
l {Friedrich Schiller: Poet of Freedom}, Vols. I-IV (1985-2003)
l {Toward a New Council of Florence, `On the Peace of Faith' and Other Works by Nicolaus of Cusa}
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Sample of projects completed as freelance translator:
Spanish to English
Medical
l Affidavit of a medical expert in a life insurance claim, study on cardiovascular diseases
Business
l Proposal for the sale of thermal fluid boilers, Letter from a cheese producer to a pump supplier
Certificates
l Mexican death certificate
l German to English
Patents
l Over 100,000 words per year translated in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 respectively for a company specializing in patents
l Patentability reports
l Oppositions to the granting of patents
Business
l Framework, partnership, loan, purchase, license, profit-sharing, non-disclosure, utilization, employment,
option and sales agreements
l Contract for the construction of a hydrogen fuel cell station
l Company analysis
l Gestalt Psychological Principles of "Organizational Culture"
Medical
l Health Management Handbook, criticism of the AD2000-Study of the use of ChE-inhibitors
in Alzheimer's disease
● Worked several months for a company with a contract to translate government-related medical reports
Financial
l Speech by a former head of the economics department of the Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau
l Appendix for credit derivatives for a framework agreement
l Report on transactions, projects and history of a real estate company
Certificates
l Driver’s licenses, diplomas, CVs
l Certificates of birth, parentage, marriage, divorce, change of name, etc.
l Pension insurance notifications
Art
l Articles for an art gallery catalogue, text of a CD Booklet
l Review of “The Devil Wears Prada”
Technical
l Vacuum pumps, instructions for a VIN marking system
Legal
l Order in a divorce proceeding, bankruptcy ruling, comments on a counterclaim, adoption decisions
l Environmental Complaint against an airport
l Brochures for a pension insurance agency
l Expert's Report on a traffic accident
Websites
l Floor technology company, cultural, historical, student dormitory, and commercial pages of a city, a restaurant,
German Classical Composers' Museum
Philosophy
l Christian Wolff's Preface and Discussion of the Leibniz-Clarke Correspondence
l Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz—The Unity of the Churches, and Russia